Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962

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The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 was a U.S. federal law that created programs to retrain and upgrade the skills of unemployed and underemployed workers in response to technological change and job displacement.

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Generate an image of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 was a U.S. federal law that created programs to retrain and upgrade the skills of unemployed and underemployed workers in response to technological change and job displacement.)

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instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
addressesProblem structural unemployment ⓘ
technological unemployment ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ
United States Department of Labor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs MDTA ⓘ
amendedBy Manpower Development and Training Act Amendments of 1963 ⓘ
Manpower Development and Training Act Amendments of 1966 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdProgramType manpower training programs ⓘ
retraining programs for unemployed workers ⓘ
skill upgrading programs ⓘ
dateEnacted 1962-03-15 ⓘ
enactedBy 87th United States Congress ⓘ
encourages partnerships with educational institutions ⓘ
partnerships with employers ⓘ
focusesOn improving worker adaptability to economic change ⓘ
retraining workers for new occupations ⓘ
fundingType federal grants ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War era domestic policy ⓘ
early 1960s automation and technological change ⓘ
influenced Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ⓘ
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
Job Training Partnership Act ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeSubject employment and training programs ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
workforce development ⓘ
policyArea education and training ⓘ
labor and employment ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment John F. Kennedy ⓘ
provides classroom training ⓘ
on-the-job training ⓘ
stipends for trainees ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 87-415 ⓘ
purpose to respond to technological change and job displacement ⓘ
to retrain unemployed workers ⓘ
to upgrade the skills of underemployed workers ⓘ
relatedTo War on Poverty ⓘ
linked to: Great Society
requires cooperation between federal and state governments ⓘ
shortTitle Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 ⓘ
signedBy John F. Kennedy ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 76 Stat. 23 ⓘ
supersededBy Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ⓘ
targetPopulation underemployed workers ⓘ
unemployed workers ⓘ
workers displaced by automation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1962 ⓘ

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87th United States Congress → passedLegislation → Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 ⓘ
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 → shortTitle → Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 ⓘ
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 → amendedBy → Manpower Development and Training Act Amendments of 1963 ⓘ
linked to: Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 → amendedBy → Manpower Development and Training Act Amendments of 1966 ⓘ
linked to: Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962
Public Law 87-415 → hasShortTitle → Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 ⓘ
Public Law 87-415 → establishesProgram → Manpower Development and Training Act program ⓘ
linked to: Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act → replaced → Manpower Development and Training Act ⓘ
linked to: Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962